by RetroRuth | Sep 10, 2014 | Breakfast, Desserts
This week we were in the mood for waffles! Spicy Party Waffles Author: Better Homes & Gardens, 1963 Ingredients 1/2 cup shortening 1 cup brown sugar 2 eggs 1 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour 2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp allspice 1/2 tsp...
by RetroRuth | Dec 18, 2012 | Best & Worst, Cookies & Bars, Desserts, The BEST
What would a mid-century Christmas cookie plate be without some spritz cookies? I was thrilled when I found this recipe for Snowflake Spritz in the April 1969 issue of Mail Box News because…well…I have this vintage cookie gun…. It’s the Cookie-Chef Trig-A-Matic Pastry...
by RetroRuth | Feb 29, 2012 | Beverages
Guess what I got in the mail?!?!? That’s right! Lemons! Sara in AZ, my fellow writer from No Pattern Required, recently sent me an enormous box of the biggest lemons I have ever seen in my life. And we all know what to do when life (or Sara) gives us lemons, don’t we?...
